Micromidia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Genus: | Micromidia Fraser, 1959[1] |
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Micromidia is a genus of dragonflies in the superfamily Libelluloidea.[2] They are small to medium-sized dragonflies, coloured black or metallic green with pale markings, and endemic to eastern Australia.[3]
Species
[edit]The genus Micromidia includes the following species:[4]
- Micromidia atrifrons (McLachlan, 1883) – forest mosquitohawk
- Micromidia convergens Theischinger & Watson, 1978 – early mosquitohawk
- Micromidia rodericki Fraser, 1959 – Thursday Island mosquitohawk
Taxonomy
[edit]Recent taxonomic research could not assign the genus Micromidia to any family and it was placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Libelluloidea.[5]
Prior to this, Micromidia had been considered to be part of one of several families: Austrocorduliidae, Synthemistidae or Corduliidae.[6]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Fraser, F.C. (1959). "New genera and species of Odonata from Australia in the Dobson Collection". The Australian Zoologist. 12: 352–361 [352] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Micromidia Fraser, 1959". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2021). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 9781486313747.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Theischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 366. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.